12/4/12

December 4, 2012

Center for American Values
Pueblo, Colorado
Portraits  of over 140 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients
Photographer-Nick Del Calzo

Steve and Mike Cafasso

We stopped in Pueblo on our way back to Dacono to catch up with our friend Mike Cafasso. He's a fellow AMI (Association for Managers of Innovation) member and is currently Vice President of Operations at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center. He's one extraordinary human being who makes things happen. The healthcare industry needs his creative, compassionate spirit!!!

After lunch, Mike took us to see the exhibit of portraits of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, four of whom are from Pueblo.The Center for American Values was established by recipient Drew Dix in 2010 to "honor the extreme sacrifices made to help sustain America's values and to ensure these extraordinary actions are preserved...forever." It promotes honor, integrity and patriotism.

Steve and I left Pueblo feeling inspired by Mike and his vision for the future. We started thinking about our encounter with the blacksmith, Curtis Green, and realized that while these two men have gone down very different paths, they both share a unique generosity of spirit. The synchronicity of meeting them a day apart is thought-provoking. There really are no coincidences...